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Champions League 2010s

Finals, comebacks and collapses from 2010 to 2019. Very hard. Tap a square to start; tap it again to switch between across and down.

Clues

  1. Belgian winger who came off the bench to equalise in the 2016 final. (8)
  2. Greek defender whose header completed Roma's 3–0 comeback against Barcelona in 2018. (7)
  3. Colombian sent off for a second yellow card in the 2017 final. (8)
  4. Retired after a 2013 treble, then came back four years later as a caretaker. (8)
  5. Scored against his former club in both legs of a 2015 semi-final, then again in the final. (6)
  6. Headed an 83rd-minute opener in a home final and still finished on the losing side. (6)
  7. Debutants knocked out of the 2013 quarter-finals by two stoppage-time goals in Dortmund. (6)
  8. Cypriot club that reached the 2012 quarter-finals after knocking out Lyon on penalties. (5)
  9. Hosted the first final played under a closed roof. (7)
  10. Won his third title as a coach in Lisbon, seven years after his second. (9)
  11. Uruguayan defender whose header nearly won the 2014 final. (5)
  12. Completed a second-half hat-trick in the 96th minute in Amsterdam in 2019. (5)
  13. His handball gave away a penalty inside the first minute of the 2019 final. (7)
  14. Came on at half-time and scored twice in two minutes against Barcelona at Anfield. (9)
  15. Equalised from the penalty spot in the first all-German final. (8)
  16. Hit the post with the only missed penalty of the 2016 shootout in Milan. (8)
  17. Had an extra-time penalty saved in one final, then scored an 89th-minute winner in the next. (6)
  18. Handed the armband by Puyol to lift the trophy at Wembley, less than three months after liver surgery. (6)
  19. Scored twice in a 4–0 semi-final comeback, then sealed the final in Madrid. (5)
  20. Saved an extra-time penalty, then two more in a shootout in the opponents' own stadium. (4)
  21. Won the 2010 final, then joined the club whose stadium had hosted it. (8)